Benedetto Biondi is the CEO of Folks Finance, a decentralized lending protocol built on Algorand. Also, currently covering the role of DeFi Advisor at Climatecoin and mentor at the Algorand Miami Accelerator.

He has three years of experience at Blockchain Italia as a Blockchain Innovation manager. His studies have included a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Politecnico di Milano and a master’s degree in engineering Innovation and Management at Cardiff University, where he achieved distinction with a specialization in Data Analysis. Benedetto is a lecturer at ELDA (Economics and Law for Digital Asset – University of Florence) and BIM (Blockchain Innovation Manager – Association Italia4Blockchain), where he teaches at DeFi lectures.